Join in the Dance

Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

Wake, O people; sleep no longer:
greet the breaking day!
Christ, Redeemer, Lamb and Lion,
turns the night away!


Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

All creation, like a mother,
labors to give birth.
Soon the pain will be forgotten,
joy for all the earth!


Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

Now our shame becomes our glory
on this holy tree.
Now the reign of death is ended;
now we are set free!


Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

None on earth, no prince or power,
neither death nor life,
nothing now can ever part us
from the love of Christ!


Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

Love's triumphant day of vict'ry
heaven opens wide.
On the tree of hope and glory
death itself has died!


Join in the dance of the earth's jubilation!
This is the feast of the love of God.
Shout from the heights to the ends of creation:
Jesus the Savior is risen from the grave!

Christ forever, Lord of ages,
Love beyond our dreams:
Christ, our hope of heaven's glory,
all that yet will be!

Dan Schutte

Table of Plenty

Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

O come and sit at my table
where saints and sinners are friends.
I wait to welcome the lost and lonely
to share the cup of my love.


Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

O come and eat without money;
come to drink without price.
My feast of gladness will feed your spirit
with faith and fullness of life.


Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

My bread will ever sustain you
through days of sorrow and woe.
My wine will flow like a sea of gladness
to flood the depths of your soul.


Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

Your fields will flower in fullness;
your homes will flourish in peace.
For I, the giver of home and harvest,
will send my rain on the soil.

Dan Schutte

Only This I Want

Only this I want:
but to know the Lord,
and to bear his cross,
so to wear the crown he wore.

All but this is loss,
worthless refuse to me,
for to gain the Lord
is to gain all I need.


Only this I want:
but to know the Lord,
and to bear his cross,
so to wear the crown he wore.

I will run the race;
I will fight the good fight,
so to win the prize
of the kingdom of my Lord.


Only this I want:
but to know the Lord,
and to bear his cross,
so to wear the crown he wore.

Let your heart be glad,
always glad in the Lord,
so to shine like stars
in the darkness of the night.

Dan Schutte

City of God

Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep!
A new day is dawning for all those who weep.
The people in darkness have seen a great light.
The Lord of our longing has conquered the night.

Let us build the city of God.
May our tears be turned into dancing!
For the Lord, our light and our love,
has turned the night into day!


We are sons of the morning; we are daughters of day.
The One who has loved us has brightened our way.
The Lord of all kindness has called us to be
a light for his people to set their hearts free.

Let us build the city of God.
May our tears be turned into dancing!
For the Lord, our light and our love,
has turned the night into day!


God is light; in him there is no darkness.
Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all.
O comfort my people; make gentle your words.
Proclaim to my city the day of her birth.

Let us build the city of God.
May our tears be turned into dancing!
For the Lord, our light and our love,
has turned the night into day!


O city of gladness, now lift up your voice.
Proclaim the good tidings that all may rejoice!

Let us build the city of God.
May our tears be turned into dancing!
For the Lord, our light and our love,
has turned the night into day!

Dan Schutte

Sing a New Song

Sing a new song unto the Lord;
let your song be sung from mountains high.
Sing a new song unto the Lord,
singing alleluia.

Shout with gladness, dance for joy.
O come before the Lord.
And play for him on glad tambourines,
and let your trumpet sound.


Sing a new song unto the Lord;
let your song be sung from mountains high.
Sing a new song unto the Lord,
singing alleluia.

Rise, O children, from your sleep;
your Saviour now has come.
He has turned your sorrow to joy,
and filled your soul with song.


Sing a new song unto the Lord;
let your song be sung from mountains high.
Sing a new song unto the Lord,
singing alleluia.

Glad my soul for I have seen
the glory of the Lord.
The trumpet sounds; the dead shall be raised.
I know my Saviour lives.


Psalm 98
Dan Schutte

Here I Am, Lord

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.

I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.


I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people's pain.
I have wept for love of them.
They turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.


I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.

Finest bread I will provide
Till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

Isaiah 6
Dan Schutte

Glory and Praise to Our God

Glory and praise to our God, who alone gives light to our days.
Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

We, the daughters and sons of him who built the valleys and plains,
Praise the wonders our God has done in every heart that sings.


Glory and praise to our God, who alone gives light to our days.
Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

In his wisdom he strengthens us, like gold that's tested in fire.
Though the power of sin prevails, our God is there to save.


Glory and praise to our God, who alone gives light to our days.
Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

Every moment of every day our God is waiting to save,
Always ready to seek the lost, to answer those who pray.


Glory and praise to our God, who alone gives light to our days.
Many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways.

God has watered our barren land and spent his merciful rain.
Now the rivers of life run full for anyone to drink.

Psalm 65, 66
Dan Schutte

You Are Near

O Lord, I know you are near,
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways everlasting.

Lord, you have searched my heart,
And you know when I sit and when I stand.
Your hand is upon me
Protecting me from death,
Keeping me from harm.


O Lord, I know you are near,
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways everlasting.

Where can I run from your love?
If I climb to the heavens you are there;
If I fly to the sunrise
Or sail beyond the sea,
Still I'd find you there.


O Lord, I know you are near,
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways everlasting.

You know my heart and its way,
You who formed me before I was born
In the secret of darkness
Before I saw the sun in my mother's womb.


O Lord, I know you are near,
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways everlasting.

Marvelous to me are your works;
How profound are your thoughts, my Lord.
Even if I could count them,
They number as the stars,
You would still be there.

Dan Schutte

Though the Mountains May Fall

Though the mountains may fall and the hills turn to dust,
Yet the love of the Lord will stand
As a shelter for all who will call on His name.
Sing the praise and the glory of God.
Could the Lord ever leave you?
Could the Lord forget His love?
Though a mother forsake her child,
He will not abandon you.

Though the mountains may fall and the hills turn to dust,
Yet the love of the Lord will stand
As a shelter for all who will call on His name.
Sing the praise and the glory of God.
Should you turn and forsake Him,
He will gently call your name.
Should you wander away from Him,
He will always take you back.

Though the mountains may fall and the hills turn to dust,
Yet the love of the Lord will stand
As a shelter for all who will call on His name.
Sing the praise and the glory of God.
Go to Him when you're weary;
He will give you eagle's wings.
You will run, never tire,
For your God will be your strength.

Though the mountains may fall and the hills turn to dust,
Yet the love of the Lord will stand
As a shelter for all who will call on His name.
Sing the praise and the glory of God.
As He swore to your fathers,
When the flood destroyed the land;
He will never forsake you;
He will swear to you again.

Dan Schutte